The bar graph shows the global sales (in billions of dollars) of different types of digital games between 2000 and 2006. Write a report for a university, lecturer describing the information shown below. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The bar chart depicts the global

sales

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of four different types of digital

games

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from 2000 to 2006. Those data were denoted in billions of dollars.

Overall

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, it can be seen from the graph that almost all kinds of game encountered growth except for Console

Games

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during the 7

years

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period. Handheld

Games

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were the most demanding

games

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for seven consecutive

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. The growth was almost consistent except from 2004 to 2005 when the

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were equal for both

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. In 2006, Handheld

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sold eighteen billion dollars in

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value which was recorded as the highest volume not only amongst other digital

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but

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the best achievement of its product for a decade.

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, Console

Games

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was one which did not perform well since their

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number dissipated throughout the given period. It obtained 6 billion dollars of

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in 2000,

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it became a downtrend for the next 3

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,

while

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in 2004 their

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were slightly hiked before they fell again to 2006.